Alkaline for Life® Blog
When working for a nutrition company, one of our favorite water cooler conversations is about what new health gadget or product we are currently using. This year in particular it seems apropos to consider gifting [...]
This question of whether tryptophan can help with anxiety is relevant to the more than 40 million adults in the US who suffer from anxiety each day. We know that serotonin and melatonin regulation play a role in mood and [...]
The human body is a wondrous field of energy, information, intelligence, and biological matter capable of surviving under suboptimal and often downright adverse circumstances. Thriving, however, is another issue and this [...]
At Alkaline for Life® we have long championed the concept of “alkalizing” our body chemistry. Reversing today’s common low-grade metabolic acidosis and returning to a natural, slightly alkaline pH preserves both bone [...]
An estimated 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, and many more have trouble falling asleep or suffer from poor sleep quality. Many people take magnesium supplements because of magnesium's [...]
The majority of the magnesium stored in your body is in bone, accounting for approximately 60% of total body magnesium. This magnesium is present on the surface of bone, and is available for the body to [...]
A vitamin C cleanse involves using a high enough dose of vitamin C to cause a laxative effect. It produces a flush or loose stool, somewhat like a colonic. It does not maintain high levels of vitamin C in the body, but [...]
As part of magnesium’s role as an activator of 600+ enzyme systems within our body, it has several actions in the regulation of brain and nervous system function. Magnesium regulates the excitability [...]
Many of us have a sub-optimal intake of magnesium. In fact, HALF of the population in the United States does not even get the amount recommended to prevent deficiency, let alone for optimal health [...]
